Nintendo Switch Pre-Orders Live January 13 at Nintendo NY
The Nintendo Switch presentation is still a day away, but the Nintendo NY store announced via Twitter pre-orders at the store go live January 13 at 9 AM ET.
No further details, like price, were made available, but the tweet said pre-orders at the New York City retailer will be available "while supplies last."
A limited quantity of pre-orders for the #NintendoSwitch will begin on 1/13 at 9AM while supplies last at #NintendoNYC.
— Nintendo NY (@NintendoNYC) January 11, 2017
SHIELD: Clark Gregg Talks Midseason Premiere Cliffhanger
Marvel's Agents of SHIELD: Season 4 has returned from its winter hiatus, and already in the midseason premiere there have been plenty of developments in the current L.M.D. storyline.
IGN caught up with star Clark Gregg to talk about the cliffhanger at the end of Tuesday's episode, "Broken Promises," as well as the ongoing exploration of a potential romantic relationship between Coulson and May. During our conversation, we also talked about Gregg's reaction to ABC Entertainment president Channing Dungey's positive comments about how she's "bullish" on Agents of SHIELD and a potential Season 5.
The X-Files: Deal Nearly in Place for More Episodes
After its ratings success in 2016, The X-Files is almost certainly returning for more episodes, though the deal still needs to be finalized with series creator Chris Carter and stars David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson.
Asked about doing more X-Files episodes at the TCA (Television Critics Association) press tour today, FOX's President, Entertainment, David Madden said, “We hope so. There’s a lot of conversations going on. These conversations are complex, but we hope to be able to announce something shortly.”
EW also reported that Madden revealed that they were originally hoping to officially announce more episodes today, but the deals weren’t completed in time.
Will Smith Up for Tim Burton’s Dumbo
Will Smith might star in Disney's live-action Dumbo movie.
Variety reports that the Oscar-nominated actor is in early talks to join the Tim Burton film. Though if Smith does sign on for the project, it may impact Bad Boys for Life (a.k.a. Bad Boys 3).
Dumbo and Bad Boys for Life are supposed to start filming at the same time, sources tell Variety. So if Smith goes with the Disney movie, that will either push back Bad Boys 3 or possibly even lead to its cancellation.
As for Dumbo, Smith would play the dad to the kids who befriend the titular elephant. Tom Hanks has reportedly been offered the role as the film's villain.
Better Call Saul Promo Shows Returning Breaking Bad Character
AMC has released a new promo for Better Call Saul: Season 3, and it all but confirms that a certain Breaking Bad character is coming back. Consider this your spoiler warning if you don't want to know who the returning character is.
The promo is only 30 seconds long and is a short ad for Los Pollos Hermanos, the infamous fast food restaurant owned by none other than Gus Fring (Giancarlo Esposito). Towards the end, Fring shows up praising his restaurant's curly fries. AMC has also confirmed to IGN that Fring will show up in season 3, though there are no details yet on how big of a role he'll play in the new season.
Better Call Saul series creators and executive producers Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould teased the character's return by having the first letter of each season 2 episode spell out the phrase "Fring's Back." Gilligan and Gould told IGN that "people who watched Breaking Bad will have even more reasons to watch Better Call Saul this season."
FOX Says X-Men-Connected TV Show Looks Promising
It was announced last summer that FOX was developing a new X-Men-connected TV series from Burn Notice creator Matt Nix, and today at the TCA (Television Critics Association) press tour, FOX Chairman and CEO Gary Newman said the project is looking strong.
“We’re deep into development on that,” Newman explained. “We’re expecting a script shortly. The materials we’ve seen so far have been very, very promising.”
Newman added, “Development across the board this year is a little slower than usual, so we’re not, unfortunately, ready to make an announcement about it, but we’re very encouraged.”
What Happens When Batman Fights Lobo?
The newest issue of Justice League vs. Suicide Squad sees the Dark Knight battling one of his toughest foes yet.
Warning: this article contains spoilers for Justice League vs. Suicide Squad #4!
As this issue opened, the Justice League and Suicide Squad were forced to put aside their differences and unite to battle Maxwell Lord's team of villains, a team now revealed to be Amanda Waller's original Suicide Squad (more on how writer Joshua Williamson selected the various members here).
Tomb Raider Reboot Casts Into the Badlands Star
Daniel Wu has joined the cast of Warner Bros.' upcoming Tomb Raider film reboot.
According to Variety, the actor, who plays Sunny in the AMC series Into the Badlands, will star as a ship captain named Lu Ren who aids Lara Croft (Alicia Vikander) as she seeks to find her father.
Daniel Wu as Sunny in AMC's Into the Badlands
Shovel Knight Coming to Nintendo Switch
Yacht Club Games has announced that Shovel Knight is coming to Nintendo Switch.
In addition to the main game heading to the new platform, Yacht Club confirmed that upcoming new campaign Specter of Torment will also be headed to Switch.
Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove logo
But that’s just one part of the new plan for Shovel Knight moving forward. Yacht Club is now referring to Shovel Knight as Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove, an all-inclusive title for the overall game. Anyone who currently owns Shovel Knight will now automatically own Treasure Trove, which will receive upcoming campaigns and updates for free.
The Walking Dead: Heath’s Return is Possible
There have been exceptions – we’re looking at you, Season 6 Glenn/dumpster fake out – but most of the time, it’s pretty clear when a character on the Walking Dead has been killed off or not. But that’s not the case for Heath.
The Alexandria resident was last seen in Season 7’s “Swear,” when he got separated from Tara during a walker attack. But did he survive or was he killed? We’re not given a definitive answer, and Corey Hawkins, who plays Heath, admitted today at the Television Critics Association press tour that is notable. On The Walking Dead, when someone meets their end, as the actor put it, “It is not big on ambiguity at all. It's usually very finite.”
Corey Hawkins as Heath in The Walking Dead.